oh my goodness this is fascinating, he was also emperor of the Empire of Mali (which was the world’s largest producer of gold at the time). This was the only artist’s depiction i could find that was done in his lifetime:

and then i got sidetracked by all the modern artist who low highkey want to bang this 14th cent emperor

The Valiant Little Tailor

Jack and the Beanstalk

Beauty and the Beast

Pinocchio

Thumbelina

Puss in Boots

The Twelve Dancing Princesses

The Little Mermaid

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves

The Princess and the Pauper

The Snow Queen

HBO’s “Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child” 1995 - 2000

See below for a chart on what household cleaners to NEVER EVER MIX EVER OR YOU CAN (AND WILL PROBABLY) DIE OR OTHERWISE BECOME EXTREMELY FUCKED UP AND NOT IN A FUN WAY BUT IN THE HOSPITAL AND/OR GRAVEYARD WAY:

The above is not a complete list, but these are extremely common in most households and therefore are the most likely chemical fuck-ups to occur. 

DO NOT MIX HOUSEHOLD CHEMICALS. 

DO NOT MIX CLEANING AGENTS.

DO NOT MIX CERTAIN ASTRINGENTS. (HYDROGEN PEROXIDE IS OFTEN IN FIRST AID KITS OR WOUND SPRAYS AND CAN CAUSE A REACTION IN SMALL AMOUNTS IF MIXED WITH THINGS IT SHOULD NOT BE MIXED WITH EVEN ACCIDENTALLY ON A SURFACE ETC.) 

DO NOT MIX ANY CHEMICALS THAT YOU ARE NOT 100% SURE ARE SAFE TO MIX. (SPOILER: MOST THINGS ARE NOT REALLY SAFE TO MIX AND SOMETIMES COMBINING SAFE ONES ACTUALLY MAKES THEM LESS EFFECTIVE ANYWAY, SO JUST DON’T COMBINE THIS KIND OF SHIT!) 

YOU ARE PROBABLY NOT A CHEMIST. PLEASE DO NOT TURN YOUR KITCHEN/BATHROOM/HOME INTO A LAB ACCIDENT. 

IF YOU ARE A CHEMIST, YOU SHOULD STILL NOT FUCK AROUND. MANY OF YOU DO NOT RELIABLY USE YOUR SAFETY GOGGLES OR THE CORRECT TYPE OF SAFETY GOGGLES. (IF YOU’RE THE TYPE OF CHEMIST WHO DOESN’T ENSURE ADEQUATE VENTILATION IN YOUR WORK AREA, I WILL NOT TRUST YOU WITH BLEACH. COMPLACENCY KILLS.) 

CONCLUSION: STOP MIXING CHEMICALS! 

YOU ARE NOT PROFESSOR X, AND YOU WILL NOT END UP CREATING THE POWERPUFF GIRLS. 

YOU WILL ONLY CREATE A NEW INVOICE FOR YOUR LOCAL FUNERAL HOME. 

I AM YELLING AT YOU BECAUSE I LOVE YOU AND WANT YOU TO BE SAFE.

TO ANY DUMBASS TEENAGERS OUT THERE, I WANT YOU TO SURVIVE LONG ENOUGH TO BECOME DUMBASS ADULTS. 

fun fact, marsupials actually originated in South America, which used to be connected to Australia via Antarctica.

marsupials colonized both antarctica and australia, but about 30 million years ago the three continents broke up and went their separate ways, ending up where they are today.

obviously things didn’t end well for the antarctic marsupials, who died out, but australian marsupials pretty much had it made! they were the first mammals to colonize the continent and they didn’t face competition from placental mammals until much much later, in the modern era.

south american marsupials, however.

when south america eventually drifted north to slam into north america like a wayward bowling ball, the Great American Biotic Interchange happened! which is a fancy way of saying that animals who had before been limited to a single continent now had the run of the whole western hemisphere, and entire species rampaged back and forth over the new central american land bridge for millions of years in an intercontinental evolutionary war.

and unfortunately, it was a war the south american marsupials lost. they were outrun, outgunned, and just all-around outcompeted by the north american placental mammals, who took their place in the south american ecosystems as things finally began to settle down.

all but one, anyway! 

in the confusion, opossums had managed to move north and establish a foothold for themselves in north america, making them the sole marsupial survivors of the Great American Biotic Interchange war. today, they can be found across all of the americas!

they’ve been out of contact with the rest of opossum-dom for well over 30 million years, and that’s why they look so different from the modern australian possums. show some respect to these tenacious survivors!

the tree had grown a root up through the center of it & out through the sides